Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 9
Nagaland has been declared as one of the Iodine Deficiency Diseases (IDD) endemic states in India through a base line survey conducted by ICMR in early 1960’s where 34.3% of goitre prevalence was recorded.
This was stated in the Annual Administrative Report 2025-26 of Health & Family Welfare department, tabled in the recent 8th session of 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) in Kohima.
Through National Iodine Deficiency Diseases Control Programme (NIDDCP), Nagaland IDD Cell was established in 1987. Since then, control and preventive measures were adopted through the programme division, the report stated.
Nagaland has the lowest goitre/thyroid disorder among 1, 00,000 women in the country 505/1,00,000 (NFHS-4). The report stated that the state ranks 6th in the country in total household consumption of iodized salt at 99% as per NFHS-5/2019-20).
